hunter27

Hi I just purchased a 93 5.0 and have some questions, I noticed while driving there is always white smoke coming out from behind and also noticed water dripping out of the exhaust while ideling. The car does not have any cats on it will that cause this also it is like 5 degrees out. I look at other vechicles and don't notice the smoke coming out. The car can be run for over an hour same thing with the smoke. also the oil pressure hold at 20 PSI when ideling is this good. aftermarket guage on it. The car runs very good, and did notice a liitle bit of white stuffon the oil cap neck and on the cap itself.
Thanks Bryan

nmerrill

Does it use water? How about water temp? White smoke usually means water, but being 5 degrees out probably wouldnt help much either.

94ford5liter

If you look at the oil does it look milky or white at all. Also does it seem like the car uses coolant? If the car overheats easily that is a sign of a head gasket as well.

93whitelx

and you could pull the spark plugs to see what side its blown ,if you see white residue , it could be buring most of the coolant so it mite not come up in the oil , or try and sniff the dipstick , if you smell coolant then its the head gasket

Wisconsin 5.0

That water running out of the pipes is probably condensation from the car just starting to warm up. Some cars look like faucets running...Do you do lots of short trips...not letting the car get good and hot will leave that brown crap under the caps.

HACKGT350

my car has no cats and it still puts out water and its 5* here too and my head gaskets are fine no coolant lose car never over heats and there is always some amount of water in your gas so theres where it is most likely coming from